Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 99400

Assassination at Sakurada Gate - Abbreviated Japanese History

Artist / 作者
Adachi Ginko安達吟光
Date / 年代
1885
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
1362 × 1000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
白石カナ
Rights / 権利
All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
Attribution / 表記
Artelino

Catalog note / 解説

From the series "Dai Nihon Shi Ryaku Zue" ("Picture of Abbreviated Japanese History"). No. 96. The group of Mito samurai group assassinated Ii Naosuke, the high ranking officer in Tokugawa Shogunate, who was the main advocate of the opening of Japan to the rest of the world. The story in Japanese on the backside of the print.

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